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Jasher Chapter 39
1. And when the sons of Jacob went from the city of Sarton, they had gone about two hundred cubits when they
met the inhabitants of Tapnach coming toward them, for they went out to fight with them, because they had
smitten the king of Tapnach and all his men.
2. So all that remained in the city of Tapnach came out to fight with the sons of Jacob, and they thought to retake
from them the booty and the spoil which they had captured from Chazar and Sarton.
3. And the rest of the men of Tapnach fought with the sons of Jacob in that place, and the sons of Jacob smote
them, and they fled before them, and they pursued them to the city of Arbelan, and they all fell before the sons
of Jacob.
4. And the sons of Jacob returned and came to Tapnach, to take away the spoil of Tapnach, and when they came to
Tapnach they heard that the people of Arbelan had gone out to meet them to save the spoil of their brethren, and
the sons of Jacob left ten of their men in Tapnach to plunder the city, and they went out toward the people of
Arbelan.
5. And the men of Arbelan went out with their wives to fight with the sons of Jacob, for their wives were
experienced in battle, and they went out, about four hundred men and women.
6. And all the sons of Jacob shouted with a loud voice, and they all ran toward the inhabitants of Arbelan, and with
a great and tremendous voice.
7. And the inhabitants of Arbelan heard the noise of the shouting of the sons of Jacob, and their roaring like the
noise of lions and like the roaring of the sea and its waves.
8. And fear and terror possessed their hearts on account of the sons of Jacob, and they were terribly afraid of them,
and they retreated and fled before them into the city, and the sons of Jacob pursued them to the gate of the city,
and they came upon them in the city.
9. And the sons of Jacob fought with them in the city, and all their women were engaged in slinging against the
sons of Jacob, and the combat was very severe amongst them the whole of that day till evening.
10. And the sons of Jacob could not prevail over them, and the sons of Jacob had almost perished in that battle, and
the sons of Jacob cried unto the Lord and greatly gained strength toward evening, and the sons of Jacob smote
all the inhabitants of Arbelan by the edge of the sword, men, women and little ones.
11. And also the remainder of the people who had fled from Sarton, the sons of Jacob smote them in Arbelan, and
the sons of Jacob did unto Arbelan and Tapnach as they had done to Chazar and Sarton, and when the women
saw that all the men were dead, they went upon the roofs of the city and smote the sons of Jacob by showering
down stones like rain.
12. And the sons of Jacob hastened and came into the city and seized all the women and smote them with the edge
of the sword, and the sons of Jacob captured all the spoil and booty, flocks and herds and cattle.
13. And the sons of Jacob did unto Machnaymah as they had done to Tapnach, to Chazar and to Shiloh, and they
turned from there and went away.
14. And on the fifth day the sons of Jacob heard that the people of Gaash had gathered against them to battle,
because they had slain their king and their captains, for there had been fourteen captains in the city of Gaash,
and the sons of Jacob had slain them all in the first battle.
15. And the sons of Jacob that day girt on their weapons of war, and they marched to battle against the inhabitants
of Gaash, and in Gaash there was a strong and mighty people of the people of the Amorites, and Gaash was the